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Facts about Transcription factor MafG.
Small Maf proteins heterodimerize with Fos and may act as competitive repressors of the NFE2L2 transcription factor (PubMed:11154691). Transcription factor, part of erythroid-specific transcription factor NFE2L2 (PubMed:11154691).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MAFG |
| Uniprot: | O15525 |
| Entrez: | 4097 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| bZIP family |

basic leucine zipper transcription factor MafG; hMAF; MafG; MGC13090; MGC20149; transcription factor MafG; v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma (avian) oncogene family, protein G; v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog G (avian); V-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog G
Mass (kDA):
17.85 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17q25.3 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (81918270..81927735, complement) |
Highly expressed in skeletal muscle. Also expressed in heart and brain.
Nucleus.





PMID: 9195958 by Marini M.G., et al. hMAF, a small human transcription factor that heterodimerizes specifically with Nrf1 and Nrf2.
PMID: 9166829 by Blank V., et al. Human MafG is a functional partner for p45 NF-E2 in activating globin gene expression.